Quality aspects in spatial data mining. (2008)

• Record Type: Book
• Uniform Title: ENVIROnetBASE.
• Further Information: Note: Editors, Alfred Stein, John Shi, Wietske Bijker.
• Other Names: Stein, Alfred; Shi, John; Bijker, Wietske, 1965-; CRC Press.
• Contents: Front Cover; Contents; Foreword; Contributing Authors; Introduction; Section I. Systems Approaches to Spatial Data Quality; Chapter 1. Querying Vague Spatial Objects in Databases with VASA; Chapter 2. Assessing the Quality of Data with a Decision Model; Chapter 3. Semantic Reference Systems Accounting for Uncertainty; Chapter 4. Elements of Semantic Mapping Quality; Chapter 5. A Multicriteria Fusion Approach for Geographical Data Matching; Section II. Geostatistics and Spatial Data Quality for DEMs; Chapter 6. A Preliminary Study on Spatial Sampling for Topographic Data. Chapter 7. Predictive Risk Mapping of Water Table Depths in a Brazilian Cerrado AreaChapter 8. Modeling Data Quality with Possibility Distributions; Chapter 9. Kriging and Fuzzy Approaches for DEM; Section III. Error Propagation; Chapter 10. Propagation of Positional Measurement Errors to Field Operations; Chapter 11. Error Propagation Analysis Techniques Applied to Precision Agriculture and Environmental Models; Chapter 12. Aspects of Error Propagation in Modern Geodetic Networks; Chapter 13. Analysis of the Quality of Collection 4 and 5 Vegetation Index Time Series from MODIS. Chapter 14. Modeling DEM Data Uncertainties for Monte Carlo Simulations of Ice Sheet ModelsSection IV. Applications; Chapter 15. Geostatistical Texture Classification of Tropical Rainforest in Indonesia; Chapter 16. Quality Assessment for Polygon Generalization; Chapter 17. Effectiveness of High-Resolution LIDAR DSM for Two-Dimensional Hydrodynamic Flood Modeling in an Urban Area; Chapter 18. Uncertainty, Vagueness, and Indiscernibility; Chapter 19. A Quality-Aware Approach for the Early Steps of the Integration of Environmental Systems. Chapter 20. Analyzing and Aggregating Visitor Tracks in a Protected AreaSection V. Communication; Chapter 21. What Communicates Quality to the Spatial Data Consumer?; Chapter 22. Judging and Visualizing the Quality of Spatio-Temporal Data on the Kakamega-Nandi Forest Area in West Kenya; Chapter 23. A Study on the Impact of Scale-Dependent Factors on the Classification of Landcover Maps; Chapter 24. Formal Languages for Expressing Spatial Data Constraints and Implications for Reporting of Quality Metadata; Epilogue; Back Cover.
• Publisher Details: Boca Raton, FL : Chapman & Hall/CRC
• Publication Date: 2008
• Extent: 1 online resource (374 pages)
• Subjects: 910.285; Geographic information systems; Spatial analysis (Statistics); SCIENCE -- Earth Sciences -- Geography; TRAVEL -- Budget; TRAVEL -- Hikes & Walks; TRAVEL -- Museums, Tours, Points of Interest; TRAVEL -- Parks & Campgrounds; Geographic information systems; Spatial analysis (Statistics); Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781420069273; 1420069276; 9781420069266; 1420069268
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.
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